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Researchers Are ‘Mapping’ Dublin’s Music Scene
What do Liverpool, Nashville, Berlin and Dublin have in common? Great music scenes, according to the head of music at St Patrick’s College, Dr John O’Flynn. Only, as he tells it, Dublin isn’t getting enough kudos for it.
Scouting out the potential of a Northside cycle route
To some, the Santry River Greenway may seem like an unattractive cycle route. But a reconnaissance mission shows that it has great potential.
Circus Time: Can The Big Top Survive?
Can circuses survive in an age when we can stream thousands of hours of television drama, comedy and chat on our mobile phones, and in which it is no longer acceptable to many people for elephants and sea lions to perform in shows?
At Lunch With… Councillor Ray McHugh
Sinn Fein Dublin City Councillor Ray McHugh talks about projects in his area and why he’s against gender quotas, and argues that councillors earn less than minimum wage.
Why Is It So Hard to Give Away Coffee for Free?
The suspended-coffee movement took off in Dublin a couple of years ago, but it has met with mixed success. Some cafes have struggled to give away coffee.
Comment of the Week #1, Illustrated
This week Karen Vaughan illustrated Daragh’s comment on our article “Frank: This City Is Filthy”. He wrote: “I live in Rathmines, right by the canal . . .”
Dublin City Council Seeks Removal of “Bolt Hostel” Activists
Dublin City Council has taken two housing activists, who have helped open an abandoned council building on Bolton Street to house homeless people, to court for trespassing.
In a Derelict Inchicore Warehouse, an Experiment with Cinema
Open Night Cinema isn’t like Jurassic World at the Omniplex. There are 360-degree screens, actors and people playing projectors like DJs play turntables.
The Mark and the Void by Paul Murray, Reviewed
I sat down to read The Mark and the Void with evil glee, twirling my writerly moustache with one hand and my blue pencil with the other. I had the first paragraph worked out before I’d even read the book.
Frank: The Seagull Plague
Personally, if I had a gun, I’d shoot the lot of them and restore the lake to the placid ducks, swans and water hens
Brushing Up: Les Parapluies by Auguste Renoir
Every six years, Les Parapluies by Auguste Renoir is traded between Dublin and London. Why? It all dates back to 1915, and the sinking of the Lusitania.
The Iveagh Markets: Dublin’s Next Temple Bar?
Martin Keane’s plan to revive the shuttered Iveagh Markets promises to bring new businesses and customers to the Liberties – and perhaps gentrification.